by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 5, 2020 | My Blog, Personal Reflection
I hate talking about Covid-19. Everyone and their mother posts 14 things a day about the virus. The last thing the world needs is another article posted about this virus. I wanted to avoid the subject so much that when I posted about my future bike plans when...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 3, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
From Sarnia Ontario Brandon is my new YouTube producer and I am super excited to work with him. Brandon is a real go-getter and it did not take him long to get a trailer and a hour long documentary style video out. Today we were doing a quick FaceTime conference...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 1, 2020 | My Blog
The COVID-19 pandemic forced Arie Hoogerbrugge to stop his 55,000-kilometre ride from the Canadian Arctic to the southern tip of South America. (Elliot Ferguson/The Whig-Standard) This article was written about me for The Whig-Standard in Kingston KINGSTON — An...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Mar 31, 2020 | Media
KINGSTON — An Ontario man who was on an epic bicycle ride across two continents has had to put his ride on hold and ride out the COVID-19 pandemic in Kingston. Arie Hoogerbrugge, 46, of Grimsby is staying with his aunt after arriving in the city almost two weeks ago....
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Mar 31, 2020 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
Bike touring is hard on equipment. Bike touring in the winter is even harder on gear. I needed the right bike and the right gear and I needed to be able to count on my provider. There was only one choice to put my trust in, and that was MEC and their Rocksolid...